oppositely
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5.8
- adverb
- /ˈɑːpəzɪtli/
:
opuestamente
- Oppositely, Mario Kart Wii simplified things, making it popular with new Wii owners while some older kart fans grumbled.
- oppositely directed force
But you know, what's funny is I we started, we started oppositely.
- But you know, what's funny is I we started, we started oppositely.
Examples
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The next challenge was to bring together the two clouds of these oppositely charged particles and induce the formation of slowly moving H atoms.
Academic text (2002) -
Hence, two oppositely rotating stellar disks will interpenetrate with little interference once such a system has been established (as will also a stellar disk with a counter-rotating gas disk).
Academic text (1993) -
You see that my pipe is oppositely charged.
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The ground provides a pitcher with a resistance against which to apply oppositely directed force.
Academic text (2009) -
We pursue with passion our heart's choices; or, oppositely, we may have to confess that our hearts simply were not in it.
Academic text (1995) -
A pitcher has different ways to apply his oppositely directed force. A pitcher must apply force against the pitching rubber with his rear leg to start his body moving forward.
Academic text (2009) -
So in any of the component state vectors here, they're oppositely oriented.
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The Arctic and Antarctic each respond oppositely to the same global forcing mechanism because one is an ocean surrounded by land and the other is land surrounded by ocean.
Blog text (7) -
The same question worded oppositely, "I am dissatisfied with my body," was reverse coded with "agree" scored as 4 and "disagree" scored as 1.
Academic text (2011) -
The two magnets push each other away because they are aligned oppositely.
Synonyms
102
3.2
In the opposite order, direction, or situation
68
3.2
To say the opposite to correct a wrong idea
56
4.3
In a way that shows the opposite is true
42
4.6
To introduce a statement that shows the opposite of what was just said
11
6.6
Completely opposite, for example two people's views on the same issue
6
5.8
One thing increases while another decreases
3
4.5
In a way that goes against something
1
6.5
In a way that is the opposite of what was expected
1
7.2
In the opposite way
In a way that is the opposite of what was said
In a way that shows direct contrast
In an opposite way so one thing goes up while the other goes down
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Oppositely comes from an old Latin word made of ob- ('against') and ponere ('to place'), so it originally meant 'placed against'. So to do something oppositely is to put it in the reverse position or do it in a way that is directly contrary to something else.